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We Are Not Helpless

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DWe are not D/Chelpless, we are D/Bmen
D/BbWhat lies beGtween us G/F#it can be set aEmside and Aended
DEv'ryD/Cday we learn mD/Bore how to hateD/Bb  
Shut the Gdoor and G/F#then we tell ourEmselves we Acan't relate
DOnly D/Cto the ones who D/Bare the sameD/Bb  
Yet even tGhey are dG/F#iff'rent and ever Emso they shall reAmain
All are Gstrangers, all are Bmfriends
All are Gbrothers 
Open up, my friend, and learn to hear
For even lying when it has nothing you should fear
If you cannot let yourself be known
By anyone then you are hiding and not whole
All are strangers, all are friends
All are brothers, 
We, your children, we would ask you all
Please do not hide your eyes and listen when we call
We will whisper, shout or make a scene
We are the answer for we can live the peace we dream
All are strangers, all are friends
All are brothers, oh yeah, oh yeah
D              Dsus4  (troughout this verse)
Yes, America's children
Are askin' ev'rybody some questions about how it is
Yes, America's children
Are makin' it hard to look them in the eyes
America's children
Are makin' it hard to live lies, you know, whoa, it is
And America's children
Yes, and it's rD7ight on, children of the earth, and it's right on
Children of the earth, and it's right on
Children of the earth and it's right on, right on, yeah
This is what has made our nation free
For life is change and only blind men cannot see
The new order is upon us now
It is the children they have the wisdom to be free
All are strangers, all are friends
All are brothers 

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We Are Not Helpless

by Stephen Stills

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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D/C

D/B

D/Bb

G/F#

D D/C D/B

We are not helpless, we are men

D/Bb G G/F# Em A

What lies between us it can be set aside and ended

D D/C D/B D/Bb

Ev'ryday we learn more how to hate

G G/F# Em A

Shut the door and then we tell ourselves we can't relate

D D/C D/B D/Bb

Only to the ones who are the same

G G/F# Em A

Yet even they are diff'rent and ever so they shall remain

G Bm

All are strangers, all are friends

All are brothers

Open up, my friend, and learn to hear

For even lying when it has nothing you should fear

If you cannot let yourself be known

By anyone then you are hiding and not whole

All are strangers, all are friends

All are brothers,

We, your children, we would ask you all

Please do not hide your eyes and listen when we call

We will whisper, shout or make a scene

We are the answer for we can live the peace we dream

All are strangers, all are friends

All are brothers, oh yeah, oh yeah

D Dsus4 (troughout this verse)

Yes, America's children

Are askin' ev'rybody some questions about how it is

Yes, America's children

Are makin' it hard to look them in the eyes

America's children

Are makin' it hard to live lies, you know, whoa, it is

And America's children

Yes, and it's right on, children of the earth, and it's right on

Children of the earth, and it's right on

Children of the earth and it's right on, right on, yeah

This is what has made our nation free

For life is change and only blind men cannot see

The new order is upon us now

It is the children they have the wisdom to be free

All are strangers, all are friends

All are brothers

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